Staff Technical Program Manager, Oura
Hardware Sensing
$159-228k
+ Equity
More information about location
Health monitoring smart ring
Be an early applicant
Health monitoring smart ring
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$159-228k
+ Equity
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Oura's mission is to make health a daily practice.
Role
Who you are
- This Staff-level role requires not just exceptional execution, but also the ability to drive technical excellence, anticipate challenges far in advance, and mentor others
- If you are a master of navigating intricate technical landscapes, a natural leader and communicator, and possess a deep understanding of the end-to-end product development lifecycle for integrated hardware/software systems, we want to hear from you
- 10+ years experience managing full product lifecycle across hardware, firmware, software, and manufacturing
- Proven track record shipping innovative products with sensing components (consumer electronics/health tech preferred)
- Strong technical depth in EE, ME, firmware, or embedded software; able to drive architecture and technical tradeoffs
- Hardware + Software expertise: Skilled in NPI, prototyping, validation, scalable production, and Agile software development
- Cross-disciplinary collaboration: Experienced working with research, science, and design teams to turn insights into products
- Excellent communicator with strong negotiation, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
- Advanced PM tool proficiency (Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet) and ability to optimize workflows
- Thrives in ambiguity, fast-moving environments, and global cross-timezone programs
- Passion for health, wellness, and wearable technology
Desirable
- Experience with regulated medical devices (ISO 13485, FDA)
- Knowledge of advanced health sensors and ultra-low-power development
- Experience with global manufacturing and supply chains
What the job involves
- Oura is seeking an experienced and highly strategic Staff Technical Program Manager (TPM) to join our Hardware Program Management group to drive the implementation of cutting-edge, health-focused sensing technologies across hardware, firmware, software, science, and design engineers.This position reports to the Senior Director of Hardware Programs
- Lead Programs: Drive end-to-end delivery of complex health sensing features across hardware, firmware, software, science, and design — from concept to launch
- Align Teams: Bridge disciplines, manage tradeoffs, resolve conflicts, and ensure smooth cross-functional execution
- Plan & Execute: Build and maintain schedules, dependencies, and risk mitigation plans; proactively clear roadblocks
- Communicate: Provide clear, tailored updates to executives, engineers, and partners; align on strategy and progress
- Manage Vendors: Oversee key external partners for sensor development and manufacturing
- Ensure Quality: Own testing and validation standards to deliver reliable, high-quality products
- Shape Practices: Establish best practices, mentor senior team members, and foster a collaborative culture
Our take
As smart watches with health and wellbeing monitoring functions are now an everyday norm, Oura is offering similar wearable technology with its series of rings. It’s one of a number of companies gaining serious traction in the market, along with the likes of Circular and Movano.
The company gained an early profile after its collaboration with Gucci which created mainstream publicity and may have given it a leg up on the competition. With the smart ring market forecast to keep growing, Oura certainly finds itself in a promising position as it moves to build out its operations and refine the product.
The bottom line for Oura will be customer satisfaction and demand, which does make its mixed reviews so far a little troubling. That said, the announcement of its new "Circles" social feature, on top of an integration with InsideTracker and acquisition of "wave to pay" company Proxy, all look set to increase the functionality of the ring and could well win more consumers over.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Dec 2024
$125m
SERIES D
Nov 2024
$75m
SERIES D
Total funding: $354.8m
Company benefits
- Beautiful workspaces in San Francisco by Pier 31, Oulu and Helsinki (Finland)
- Amazing culture of collaborative and passionate coworkers
- Wellness benefits
- An Oura Ring of your own
- Personal learning & development budget of 750 USD/EUR
- Unlimited course offerings from Coursera
- Five (5) total days of work time to devote to employee development training
- Equity
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 20 days of PTO
Company HQ
Linnanmaa, Oulu
Leadership
Tom Hale
(CEO, Not Founder)Seasoned senior board member and advisor at multiple high growth companies including Cars.com, Volara, and HomeAway.
Salary benchmarks
We don't have enough data yet to provide salary benchmarks for this role.
Submit your salary to help other candidates with crowdsourced salary estimates.
Share this job
View 11 more jobs at Oura